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The memory is vivid. New Year’s Day, 2013. I’m going about my afternoon pleasantly, when I open my email and a friend has forwarded me what she calls a particularly heinous Facebook status from her ne
Note: If you want to print this post or read it offline, the PDF is probably the way to go. You can buy it here . The mind…can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. ― John Milton The mind is certai
HBR STAFF Leer en español Ler em português Even in my relatively short foray into office life, I notice that few people bring a pen and notebook to meetings. I’ve been told that over the years, the sp
Want to start a startup? Get funded by Y Combinator . November 2012 The way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startupideas. It's to look for problems, preferably problems you haveyourself
If you are like us, you often find yourself working on weekends and are criticized by somebody (your spouse, a friend, a colleague) who thinks there is something inherently wrong in spending some time
The following article was first published on Edge.org on January 13, 2012 in response to this year’s Annual Question: “What Should We Be Worried About?” Read Michael Shermer’s response below, and read
Which is the greater deprivation for an animal: to live a good-quality life abbreviated at less than its natural term by painless slaughter for meat, or to never live at all? How much of an animal’s l
With all the chatter about beautiful office design, it would be easy to assume workplaces have come a long way from the days of the cubicle farm. But recent research has shown this may not actually be
Swearing may be frowned upon, but can have many unexpected benefits. Posted May 19, 2012 [Article updated on 21 June 2019]. To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man. —Quintilian Source: Pixabay Our parents and teachers did their best to stop us from swearing. Yet, even as…
Two weeks ago, a respected crowdfunding site, Kickstarter , was hacked. Snapchat was hacked the week before that . Skype’s social media accounts were targeted the week before that . “These days, crimi
Recently, many Facebook page admins have experienced a significant decrease in Total Reach—specifically, organic reach. For pages that want to keep their ad budget as low as possible, maximizing organ
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